Episode 263 - Internships, Externships and hangers

This week we vote.  Foo has a problem with candidates that don't even take the time to have their info available in the state wide voting pamphlet. Gym's wife is doing good with her work union. We have updates on our current vehicle woes (Exlplorer and Forester). Shops that are confrontational with new customers aren't the shop for us.  Foo gets a mower.  Battery operated yard tools might be problematic. Foo gets a new Nest that does new Nest stuff. Do you use Scenes with your home automation?  Plus more!

The guys find themselves in a place that seems like they always get hit with something and the struggle is real.  Gym's daughter's Subaru needs a head gasket. Foo also potentially has a car issue with the Explorer that seems to be losing coolant. People's needs for cars are so different. Gym's neighbor has a car issue on a loaner, HINT, it's rodents. Foo takes his son skiing and the results are in.  Skier finds a snowboarder buried head first in a tree well.  Plus more!

This week Gym talks alot about rain and driving in the rain but also, his daughter's 09 Subaru Forester has a head gasket issue on their drive home from Portland.  Foo also has a problem with MeMaw, his '89 Nissan Hardbody, and it's going to need an engine.  Gym drives in a crazy rain storm over the weekend and other sketchy rain driving situations.  Foo's Dad comes over and needs help with BluRays, a Firestick and ordering a chainsaw.  Plus more!

This week the guys start by talking about some technical jargon about thier lighting.  Gym needs to checkin for his flight.  Happy Valentine's Day!  Gym goes to an interesting show to see Rival Schools and there are other bands he's never heard of.  There's some new Japanese music that is pretty good.  How do you find new music?  Foo uses different services to generate music suggestions that he's never heard. Gym talks about 7 Seconds and Burn Baby Burn.  The guys talk abut playing instruments when they were younger and it's hard.  Dave Grohl is a genius.  Reminiscing about how the music we listened to started making it to radio.  Vinyl has a wonderful sound.  Plus more!

Crab feeds and making things for charitable fund raising.  The guys haven't won the lottery and wonder how much money makes it to the schools.  The Sad Dads make a visit with Dave and Nat Sampson and it's a good time as usual.  Can you trade a partial dollar for an actual dollar at the bank?  Does anyone use cash anymore?  Gym has declined payments with his Apple Watch and has figured out why.  Gym had a stigma with the term "that sucks" when he was a kid in the 80's.  Parking by braille.  There's a buzzer that sounds when we lose power on our recording stack mid show, we appologize for the untimely death of the Belkin Power Strip.  Plus more!

For some reason the guys start out talking about dead farm animals, horses, sheep, cows.  Foo has a lame horse story.  Gym rode a donkey in Yosemite.  Farmers agree on stuff with a handshake and that's cool.  Some local areas have a strange mix of new homes and farmland.  Gym admits that he is not farm at all and his calling card is the ocean and beach areas.  Foo talks about his less than stellar food experience when he went snowboarding.  Both guys pine for visiting Disneyland and Foo is interested in Bounding.  Plus more!

This week Foo finds Vice Grip Garage to be informative and potentialy very helpful.  Gym has an update on his MyQ debacle and the ratgdo solution.  Gym has a weekend of practically nothing.  Foo does some work on his Nissan Hardbody.  Foo goes snowboarding.  Gym finds the cost re-entry into snowboarding to be too high.  The guys talk about gong to the gym again but Gym is struggling to find motivation.  Plus more!

This week the guys contemplate their comfort level when driving in the snow.  There's some chat about AWD vs 4WD snow driving.  Gym has a sketchy drive in the snow in a PT Cruiser.  Foo has a heater/coolant issue with their Explorer and that prompts a look to possibly replace it.  That turns into a discussion about how expensive new cars are now.  We firmly believe in not paying delaer markups for any new car. Subscription services for car features are lame. Gym hates the Telsa center screen stack for the driver. Gym is hoping his daughter drives part of the Portland to Sac drive at least. Hard disk storage is insanely huge, insanely fast and insanely cheap now. How much storage does a streaming service use? Foo wonders what you'll grab from his house if the Russians invade.  Plus more!

This week is filled with sadness when Foo reveals the loss of his boxer, Jax, and he's picking up the pieces.  Rest in peace, buddy. Cats are fickled pets. Gym has an issue with his Christmas tree's lighting. Foo has forced his Christmas house lighting for next year. Foo finds the dripless calk gun.  Gym is curious about rust converter and how it works. Foo has plans for his Nissan hardbody. Foo finds a suprise way of getting a jump pack.  Plus more!

We made it to the end of the year.  Foo gets his 401k match for the year and it's a sore subject.  Foo gets a New Years Even call about.. cigars?  Gym has a low key, if not frustrating, New Years.  Gym is a bit under the weather and thinks it has something to do with leaves.  Using the proper sharp knife is safer than using the wrong or dull knife.  Gym wants to try using a bow and arrow.  When your business sign just says LIQUOR.  Foo and his wife is working on fine tuning their diets in the new year.  Foo recommends Yoga.  Plus more!